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JULY 2, 2013

AddToAny , the developer of WordPress and Drupal social sharing plug-ins which got its start at UC San Diego, is back as an independent firm, according to the company''s founder, Pat Diven II. Diven said that he has acquired AddToAny back from Lockerz, which had acquired the company back in July of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

San Diego-based healthcare software developer PatientSafe Solutions said Thursday that it has named company co-founder Si Luo as its new CEO, in addition to his existing position as President. Conduroso had been at PatientSafe since 2011. Conduroso had been at PatientSafe since 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise software developer ServiceNow has been ranked the top job creator in a listing from Inc. Magazine, the company reported today. The company added 792 jobs during the three period. The company said it was number six among all companies in California, and number 14 in the overall top 100.

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APRIL 25, 2016

San Diego-based molecular diagnostics developer Trovagene said today that it has named Bill Welch as its new CEO. Welch was most recently President and CEO of Sequenom, where he had been since January of 2011.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Photo sharing service Plixi , which got its start in San Diego as Tweetphoto , has just been shut down by owner Lockerz. The shutdown is not a surprise; Lockerz laid off all of its San Diego office in January. That office had been acquired when Lockerz bought Plixi in January of 2011.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

San Diego-based life sciences software maker Accelrys said Monday that it has acquired QUMAS , an Irish developer of cloud-based and on-premise enterprise compliance software for the life sciences industry. in 2011 and $19.3M Accelrys said it paid approximately $50M in cash for QUMAS, which it says had revenues of $15.2M

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. Location : The Shark Club 841 Baker St.,

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AUGUST 23, 2013

San Diego-based wireless communications developer Qualcomm is selling off Omnitracs , its North and Latin American transportation and logistics business, to private equity firm Vista Equity. According to Qualcomm, Vista Equity Partners will pay $800M in cash for Omnitracs, which provides commercial vehicle telematics services.

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MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has scored an exit this morning, at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) software developer Divide. seed investment in Divide back in 2011. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Frank Slootman , the CEO of San Diego's ServiceNow , has made an investment in a developer of data storage products. ServiceNow named Slootman as its CEO in 2011, as it began ramping up for its IPO, which happened in June of 2012. Slootman also had served at Greylock, EMC, and Data Domain, among other firms.

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APRIL 19, 2013

It all looked good at the time: oil company Exxon needed to develop a more earth-friendly way to produce oil, and San Diego startup Synthetic Genomics needed funding to get its technology off the ground. But then, ExxonMobil cut back its original investment--worth up to $600M--in Synthetic Genomics. What happened? READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

San Diego-based eBioscience , a developer of flow cytometry and immunoassay reagents for immunology and oncology research and diagnostics, is being acquired by Affymetrix , Affymetrix said Wednesday. Affymetrix said it is paying $330M in cash to acquire eBioscience, in a deal that is expected to close late in Q4 of 2011.

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JUNE 18, 2015

San Diego-based KFx Medical said late Wednesday that it has received $35M in a payment, related to the company's patent infringement suite against Arthrex. That patent infringement lawsuit was filed in 2011, but only recently completed its journey through the legal system. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. Size of the funding was not announced. LoopIt is based in Cambridge, Mass., and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the venture-backed, privately backed developer of IT management software, said today that it has passed $125M in annual revenues, and has opened up a new, San Jose development center. the firm's new San Jose development center will be headed by Moti Eliav.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

The idea in 2011 was to create a space at what was then Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical research and development facility in San Diego for an “innovation center,” a place where 18 to 20 life sciences startups could incubate, replete with lab space and equipment.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. Location : The Shark Club 841 Baker St.,

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MARCH 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project set the pricing range for its initial public offering Thursday, saying that it hopes to offer 6,770,995 shares of its common stock at between $15.00 and $17.00 The company said it has been approved to list on the New York Stock Exchange as RUBI.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. And if you’ve never had the Mexican food in San Diego… stop what you’re doing and go. Direct Cloud Computing and Storage.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

San Diego-based KFX Medical , the venture-backed developer of bone implant products, has scored a big win in a patent infringement case. KFx had filed its patent infringement lawsuit against Arthrex back in 2011. KFx medical said its patents cover knotless double row rotator cuff repair. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

raised by companies in Q4 of 2011, and less than the $701.18M raised by companies in the region in Q3 of 2012. Los Angeles had a total of $311.25M in deals for the quarter, followed by Orange County with $197.8M, then San Diego, with $174.6M That total was less than the $859.6M billion in venture capital. in funding. in funding.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Fullerton-based HipGeo , the startup developer of a mobile app for tracking a user's travels, said today that the firm is now seeing posts from 125 countries and over 4,864 cities on its app. HipGeo debuted its app in September of 2011; the firm is backed by Morado Venture Partners, a seed-stage fund run by former Yahoo!

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

San Diego-based Somaxon , a developer of treatments for insomnia, has been acquired by Pernix Therapeutics Holdings , in a deal worth $25M. The company has been looking for a buyer since December of 2011, when it drastically cut its staff and said it had hired an investment banker. as of September 30th. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

San Diego-based GlySens , a startup developing implantable, long-term glucose monitoring sensors, has scored an investment round, according to investor West Health Investment Fund. The funding came out of the $100M West Health Investment Fund, which was launched in October of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2013

San Diego-based driver monitoring systems developer DriveCam announced this morning that it has named a new member to its board of directors. The firm said that Thomas Darcy has joined its board, and has been appointed Audit Committee chair. READ MORE>>. finance systems monitoring driver executive board drivecam'

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -- MEDevice Forum San Diego. MEDevice is your best resource for every stage of biotech and medical device and diagnostic development. This inaugural event boasts everything you need to improve product quality and reliability, shorten time-to-market, reduce costs, and enhance patient safety.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 -- MEDevice Forum San Diego. MEDevice is your best resource for every stage of biotech and medical device and diagnostic development. This inaugural event boasts everything you need to improve product quality and reliability, shorten time-to-market, reduce costs, and enhance patient safety.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

San Diego-based Mad Catz Interactive , a developer of electronic accessories, said this morning that it is in a deal with Microsoft to produce a range of license, co-branded audio headphones. The two firms expect the headphones to be available in the 2011 holiday season. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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MAY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , the developer of CMOS RF integrated circuits, updated its S-1 filings Friday, saying that it had a net loss of $1.0M for the three months ended March 26, 2011. on revenues of $21.2M That compares with net income of $1.0M on revenues of $22.9M for the similar quarter in 2010.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

San Diego-based Histogen , a developer of regenerative medicine products, announced today that it has raised $10M in a Series A financing round. Histogen is developing regenerative medicine products which do not contain embryonic stem cells or animal components, and are being applied to hair regrowth, skincare, and oncology.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 -- Free Workshop: Evaluate Startups like a Professional Angel. Hosted by the North San Diego County Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Business and Entrepreneurship Center and ActSeed.com. Speakers include Robert Reyes, angel seed investor and manager of San Diego's Startup Circle.

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MARCH 31, 2012

San Diego-based ServiceNow , the developer of cloud-based, enteprise IT automation software, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the NYSE. on revenues of $73.375M for the year ended December 31, 2011. ServiceNow said has applied to trade as NOW. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Enterprise software startup Classy, which developed a platform through which it says nonprofit organizations have raised nearly $1 billion for their causes, has hired its first-ever chief revenue and chief product officers. The company, based in downtown San Diego, is headed by CEO Scot Chisholm.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

San Diego-based renewable chemicals developer Genomatica has dropped its IPO plans, according to a regulatory filing by the company this morning.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Pfizer and Merck are each cutting ties with a smaller clinical-stage biotech after experimental drugs being developed under separate alliances fell short in human testing. In 2011, Pfizer paid $22.5 million up front for the rights to license and develop products containing rivipansel, a compound hoped to address inflammation.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

San Diego-based Kyocera Wireless has sold its Indian subsidiary, Kyocera Wireless (India) Pvt. The deal is worth $6M in upfront payments, plus payments linked to revenue in 2010/2011, and 2011/2012. to IT firm MindTree Ltd., MindTree said Tuesday. According to MindTree, Kyocera Wireless (India) Pvt.

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